Moccasin-slipper



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J. HICKSON.

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UNITED STATES' PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES HICKSON, OF BANGOR, MAINE.

MOCCASlN-SLIPPER.

SPECIFICATION ferming part ef Letters Patent Neen-157, aerea February 14, laas.

` Application filed October 19, 1887. Serial No. 252,717. (No modeh) To aZZ` whom it may concern: v

Be it known that I, JAMES Hickson-a citizen of the United States, residing at Bangor, in the county of Penobscot and State of Maine, have invented new and useful Improvements in Moccasin-Slippers; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the invention,which will enable others 'skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to that class of slippers known to the trade as moccasin-slippers, and it consists of an improved lapquarter and lap-counter for the same.

'Ihe object of my invention is tol make a moccasin-slipper having the quarters lap by the upper, (which is called the tip 7 in this class of footwear,) so that the strain at the instep shall,instead of straining and ripping the front seam, be carried along the quarters to the heel and cause the slipper to hug the latter and prevent slipping. Another feature is to have the counters lap by each other at the heel 'and form a stiffening for the same, preventing their running over to one side.

In the annexed drawings, Figures 1 and 4 are side elevations of my improved slipper. Fig. 2 is a plan or pattern of the tip or upper. Fig.3 is av pattern of the sole, quarters, and counters cut integral.

Similar letters of reference refer to corresponding parts throughout the several Iigures.

My slipper, as will be seen by reference to the drawings, is composed of but two pieces of leatherthat is, throwing out the heel t, which is tacked on after the slipper is nished. The most common kind used is the russet-leather, which is quite soft, thick, and made expressly for this class of foot-wear.

The bottom part of my improved slipper vconsists of the sole A, the forward part of which is cut somewhat larger than the actual sole, but follows the same contour around the sides and toe, forming the sides g g, that are turned up around the edges of the foot andv are stitched to the upper, as will be hereinafter described.

The quarters C C are side extensions of the sole A, and they project each side of said sole the full height of the slipper, as shown in Fig. 1. The forward part, i, of each quarter is cut obliquely from the outer or top edge of the elliptical inshape, the short diameter of which l covers the instep and forms the rear and the rounded part the toe. tip B may be cut straight or scalloped,as shown at e e in Fig. 2, to suit the fancy of the maker, as this part of thetip is mostly .covered by the overlapping quarters C C of the rest of the shoe.

The manner of constructing my improved slipper is as follows: The two parts above described are rst soaked in water to make the leather very flexible and easily stretched to conform to the shape of a last. part, comprising the sole A, quarters C, sides g, and counter D, is then placed upon the bottom of a last, the sides g g and quarters C C bent down over the sides, and `a'few tacksv wearing the same. The edgesd dof the coun-V ter-extensions D D turn under the heel and meet the edge a of the sole A far enough under the heel to be tacked in when the outer heel, t, is nailed on. A seam, k, is run up each side of the back part of the quarters C O, securing each edge c c of the counters'D D. The second piece of leather, cut to the form of the tip B, Fig. 2, and forming the upper, is cut semi-elliptical in form, the rounded part of which is turned toward the toe. This is placed upon the top of the last, and just fills the opening left above the sides g g, the edges The bottom l of whichrare now stitched to the upper or tip roo t end of the seam fu, as shown. This rivetfreceives all the strain that would otherwise come 0n each end of the seam o, and obviates any ripping of the latter. 5 Holes with eyelets for receiving the tyingstrings are inserted in the lap-quarters fi i, or a strap, i', may be stitched on, as shown in Fig. 4, and the slipper fastened by a buckle, Z.

The quarters C C, opening down tothe riv- Io ets f f, form a larger opening for admitting the foot than is attained in other styles of slippers of this class.

Having thus described my invention, what I olaim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 15 1s- J AMES HIGKSON.

Witnesses:

M. N. WARDWELL, ISAAC STRIGKLAND. 

